At a long-term care facility in mid-western Ohio, a secured memory care unit was created to provide structure, routine, and activities for individuals with early to late stages of dementia. There has been a lack of education and programing resulting in minimal organization of the unit and has put the residents at a higher risk for functional and cognitive decline as well as having the potential for behaviors that are associated with dementia. The approach of this Doctoral Capstone Experience (DCE) was three-fold: 1) establish and implement a Functional Maintenance Program (FMP) utilizing components from The Forget Me Not program (Warchol, 2004) and the Tailored Activity Program (Gitlin et al., 2009), 2) educate the therapy staff on the habilitative approach to intervention and the implementation of the FMP, and 3) educate nursing staff on the importance of structured activities and how to tailor activities to specific cognitive levels. The DCE student established the FMP by utilizing an activity prescription (Warchol, 2004) through the use of skilled occupational therapy services to relay pertinent information of the resident, as well as provided educational in-services to the nursing and therapy staff. All participants of the in-services reported understanding of the purpose and implementation of the FMP and were satisfied with the information presented. Nine residents had an activity prescription established and no changes in current functioning were observed. The FMP deems effective; however, it is recommended that the program continues to be evaluated and improved to increase staff carryover.

Creator

• Shuret, Megan

Contributors

• Howard, Brenda S.

Publisher

• University of Indianapolis

Language

• en

Identifier

• Shuret, M. OTD. 2019.pdf

Keyword

• Occupational Therapy

Date created

• 5/1/2019

Resource type

• Dissertation

Source

• S59

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